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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicNobel laureate

Topic: nobel laureate

US biologists win Nobel in Medicine for microRNA discovery. Here’s how it prevents diseases like cancer

Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun won the prize Monday. MicroRNAs are a class of tiny, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene activity. A small worm was the silent hero behind the milestone.

Yunus seeks US help to ‘rebuild’ country in 1st Bangladesh-US meeting on UNGA sidelines in 34 yrs

In his meeting with Muhammad Yunus, Biden offered 'full support' to Bangladesh's new reform agenda. Last Bangladesh leader to meet US president on UNGA sidelines was General Ershad in 1990.

Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus ready to lead Bangladesh interim govt. ‘Honoured by trust of protesters’

Student protesters have been demanding his return; currently, he is in Paris. In January, he was convicted of violating Bangladesh’s labour laws and is currently out on bail.

We need Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and his ideas today more than ever—Narayana Murthy

Supporting Yunus is crucial, particularly in enabling him to use his influence, ideas, and energy for the common good, and therefore maximise the good he can do for people, institutions, governments, and academia.

Narges Mohammadi, jailed Iranian womens’ rights advocate, wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (Reuters) - Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women's rights advocate, won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to

2022 Physics Nobel winners worked on quantum entanglement, field that ‘spooked’ Einstein

The trio conducted experiments in quantum entanglement, with the award-giving body stating they have enabled fundamental research and potentially cleared the way for new technology.

Nobel Peace Prize for journalists is a reminder that freedom of the press is under threat

Three decades after the downfall of totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe, forces of darkness and intolerance are on the march.

Video messages by Abhijit Banerjee nudged Covid symptom reporting in Bengal, report says

Working paper authored by Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and 7 others says celebrity messaging managed to get more people to report Covid symptoms, practise hygiene.

Hegde’s dig at ‘NYAY proponent’, Kapil Sibal’s advice to Modi and Khattar on his hobby

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee shares 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics with 2 others

Abhijit Banerjee studied at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.